India on Thursday completed an emphatic 10 wicket win over England in their day-night Test in a rare victory inside two days.
Spinner Axar Patel took 11 wickets over two innings as India outplayed their rivals in all departments to take a 2-1 lead in the four match series.
Rohit Sharma hit a six to see India to their meagre second innings target of 49 without losing a wicket in the world’s biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad.
Spinners ruled the contest claiming 28 of the 30 wickets that fell on the viciously turning track.
“It was just a bizarre game. I don’t think I’ve ever been a part of a game like this. It just moved so fast,” India captain Virat Kohli said after the game.
It was only the second Test in India’s cricket history to end in two days. The last was India’s thrashing of Afghanistan on their Test debut in Bangalore in 2018 and there have been less than 25 in Test history.
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